Despite his three
MotoGP rides, Spies would be classed as a rookie in
MotoGP and therefore unable to sign for a factory team (except Suzuki, which looks set to field Loris Capirossi alongside Alvaro Bautista next season).
Fortunately for Spies, the top satellite team in
MotoGP is the Yamaha-backed Tech 3 squad.
Yamaha, keen to keep hold of its new star, would surely arrange a Tech 3 seat should Spies push hard enough for it, but the most important thing for Spies would probably be to get a two-year deal with Yamaha - with the second year at the factory team.
That will depend on what present Fiat Yamaha riders Lorenzo and Rossi decide to do. Rossi's contract expires at the end of next season, but he may race on, while Lorenzo is currently weighing up offers from Yamaha and Ducati for 2010.
